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Delegate says she has Va. Beach mass shooter’s laptop and more Va. headlines

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• Virginia Beach Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler says she’s come into possession of a laptop believed to belong to the former city employee who carried out the 2019 mass shooting at the city’s municipal government complex. The local police department has asked Convirs-Fowler to hand over the laptop so a “forensic review can be conducted to determine the device’s authenticity and relevance.”—Virginian-Pilot

• Gov. Glenn Youngkin called for Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate Fairfax County’s prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology after parents complained students weren’t notified about academic commendations that could’ve been used on college applications.—Associated Press

• Disability advocates and civil rights groups are pushing back against a proposed bill to create a uniform school discipline system meant to crack down on disruptive behavior in classrooms.—WJLA

• A federal judge in Virginia slashed the amount of punitive damages white supremacists owed for their role in the deadly Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville. The jury-awarded figure of $24 million was reduced to $350,000, a “limit imposed by a 1988 Virginia law.”—Washington Post

• An off-duty Fairfax County police officer accidentally broadcast five minutes of “audio porn” on a police radio channel on New Year’s Eve, according to the department.—WTOP

 

by Staff Report, Virginia Mercury


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